Bakaye Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Bakaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Niger | 79 | 1:242,937 | 7,779 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bakaye (5,101) may also be a first name.
Bakaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﻱ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakaye is the 940,398th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bakaye live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakaye is also the 95,026th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 5,101 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 2,084,032. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 60 percent reside, Bauchi, where 24 percent reside and Plateau, where 16 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 28 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﻱ | bkay | 50 |
| ﺑﻜﻴﺎﻩ | bkyah | 25 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻳﺔ | bkayt | 25 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bakaye
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